Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Alcorn State

At Alcorn State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 61.65%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 25.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Alcorn State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.53%, and the 2024 yield is 27.00%.

The number of Alcorn State applicants increased by 11.31% (763 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 61.65%, and this year's acceptance rate is 25.00% at Alcorn State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 57.73% and women students' rate is 63.61%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Alcorn State University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Alcorn State University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.91%	83.10%	82.81%
2014-15	78.44% -4.47%	72.51% -10.59%	81.47% -1.35%
2015-16	80.56% 2.12%	75.32% 2.81%	83.96% 2.49%
2016-17	78.44% -2.12%	78.48% 3.16%	78.42% -5.55%
2017-18	78.61% 0.17%	74.29% -4.19%	80.70% 2.29%
2018-19	89.31% 10.71%	87.61% 13.32%	90.08% 9.38%
2019-20	58.23% -31.08%	43.95% -43.66%	66.72% -23.36%
2020-21	37.72% -20.52%	35.51% -8.44%	38.59% -28.13%
2021-22	38.99% 1.28%	34.01% -1.50%	40.99% 2.40%
2022-23	29.93% -9.06%	27.21% -6.80%	30.96% -10.03%
2023-24	25.00% -4.93%	22.99% -4.22%	25.00% -5.97%
Average	61.65%	57.73%	63.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.53% where the current academic year yield is 27.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Alcorn State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.62%	34.86%	28.35%
2014-15	31.72% 1.10%	37.72% 2.86%	28.99% 0.64%
2015-16	26.02% -5.70%	28.73% -8.99%	24.45% -4.55%
2016-17	32.88% 6.86%	29.84% 1.11%	34.75% 10.31%
2017-18	27.25% -5.63%	34.36% 4.53%	24.07% -10.68%
2018-19	15.96% -11.29%	18.48% -15.88%	14.82% -9.25%
2019-20	17.19% 1.22%	20.86% 2.38%	15.75% 0.93%
2020-21	15.53% -1.66%	19.13% -1.73%	14.22% -1.53%
2021-22	21.02% 5.49%	26.03% 6.90%	19.97% 5.75%
2022-23	24.65% 3.63%	31.67% 5.64%	22.33% 2.36%
2023-24	27.00% 2.34%	33.06% 1.39%	25.00% 2.67%
Average	24.53%	28.61%	22.97%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,397, the average number of admitted is 2,322, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 540.

The number of Alcorn State applicants increased by 11.31% (763 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Alcorn State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,265	1,878	575
2014-15	2,078 -8.26%	1,630 -13.21%	517 -10.09%
2015-16	3,010 44.85%	2,425 48.77%	631 22.05%
2016-17	2,078 -30.96%	1,630 -32.78%	536 -15.06%
2017-18	3,464 66.70%	2,723 67.06%	742 38.43%
2018-19	4,314 24.54%	3,853 41.50%	615 -17.12%
2019-20	5,236 21.37%	3,049 -20.87%	524 -14.80%
2020-21	6,846 30.75%	2,582 -15.32%	401 -23.47%
2021-22	4,819 -29.61%	1,879 -27.23%	395 -1.50%
2022-23	6,748 40.03%	2,020 7.50%	498 26.08%
2023-24	7,511 11.31%	1,878 -7.03%	507 1.81%
Average	4,397	2,322	540

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Alcorn State University and similar schools.